Yoke for draft gears



Oct. 16 1923,

1,470,809 c; A'-. CARscADlN .YoKE Fon DRAFT GEARS Filg'd oct. 1v. 19'21 Patented @ce l5; l9235.

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YApplication'inea october' i7, 1921'. 'serial'i\r .5os,soli.' Q Y VTo @ZZ 107mm t may concern: n

. Be it known that 'L CHARLES A.' CARsCA- nim a citizen of the United States,v residing' at Chicagmin-the county of VCook and State Yof Illinois, have invented'certain new and' `.userul'Improvements in Yokes for Draft:

the followingy is a specifica.-

tlears, of which tion. Y i f invention relates: to "railway, draft simple and substantialY `construction Vand means for readily 'and easilysecuring the draw .bar butt therein and' forinsuringretention 'of' the draw bar butt under usual operating conditions.`

A further object of the invention isto pro n vide means wherebya transverse key maybe employed for' secuiing the drawbar ybutt in the yoke under conditions Lwhichwill insure a maximum strength and'efliciency and previent accidental dislodgmentof the key fand coiisequentrrelease of thelbutt. Y A

71th these and),V other objects inviejw,

` `which will be pointed out hereafter, Iliavey illustrated the Ainvention in a selected e111-- bodiment in the accompanying drawings in' whichfb ar butt, yoke F is a perspectiveview showing the parts inpos'ition to beassembled.v

vprovided. with longitudinally Referring to the drawings, the yokeflO j comprises' ariupper member 11 and a lower member connected at their rear ends byv the end portion 13 and provided at thefront with sides 14 to' form, in'veffect, anv integral Yhooded forward portion.- Thesev sides are i extending` izhannelguides 16 located parallel Ywith and approximately midway between thelupper member and the lower member andextending Vpreferably from the rear? ends of the sidesforward a suilicient distance'so lthat the Akey 18 will befyproteoted against dislodgment by itslends abutting against the sides ofthe end portion13 will yform a'yielding limitto foi-ward. toit-s normal position;"the.endsY of the keysliding" in thechannel guides-16, and

Fig. 1 is Ya side-elevationshowingr th'e'gdraw and key in assembled rela-' a transverse section-on the 'line' and'therefore reserve the right tomake all n I vsuch changes in'y the form.v proportion rand f I y,arrangement'of parts asfairlyffall within The size of the sidesmay be reduced k'to v'save weightbut the channel guides should be ofa l length 'sufficient to prevent the ends of the key .from being exposed completely under usu''alworkini'gconditions.l 'ff :if l l The parts canbe veryeasil assembled by the movement of t-hegdraw bar butt, andi'cono vseduently of the key rearwardly in A theyoke.

introducing` the VAdraw barbuttinto-the hood;` Y

edendcflthe yoke and moving it backsuificiently to clear the key opening 2O therein,

whereupon the key`1-8-is-slipped into th key opening and the draw barbutt is moved for this lpurpose the channel ,quidesfshould be of asuflicientl depth to forma safeand y Vsubstantial seat.. fortheends of the? key. -Une` der normal working conditions the key will.

never Ybepushed rearward Lfar yenofuffh yto ycontinlet'ely expose its ends .clear ofthe sides offv the yokeV consequently there will be no f j Y danger of thekey-'becomingv disconnected from the butt to releasefthe-butt from the..v

y -130 `to provide: a yoketwith' channel n j guides in accordan-cewitli my invention, and i without materially enlarging," or increasing;

the weight; of the yoke-1 preferftomake the yokewith outward side projections 19 and form channelV guides therein wherebya substantially uriiforjinV section may be provided for theyokejaiidY with the` channel guides? therein; I do not zwish`r tolimitmyse'lf tothe i particular l' construction and DTODOIIVIY' 0f parts-fshown and vdescribed .itmayl be f found `desirable vto kvary therefrom` to meeti different conditionsandt'o adapt the invention for use `with other railway equipment,

thespiritand scope vof theinventiom stantial yokewithr means for readily and tive'position therein,V` and the invention ine y volves the use ofbutaflsingle movable part,

for securingr theY dra i, bar buttin the yoke and in such a manner that Vthe securing means is protected and held against accidenstood thatd'the draw bar ybut-t may be easily ter pins or other devices for .holding the. vkey in place andthereloy siriplities the con' Y struction and iedueesfthe:number of parts, necessaryrto makeA a eoinplere operative ask Vseniblage. Y Y

draw bar butt fwhen V.inserted `finto ltljfbyrfn -n substantially oar'alle` to longitndina l takenfdownhy simply pushing it haelt ltar enonghinthe yoke to permit remoralor key The inyention ploying keys 'oii'speeial construction .or cot- If claim;

l; The,combinationwitlra than' bar1 et yoke for Vdratf1/ears l war'dzend andehannel within the'yolieg saidrehannel v* shoulders at theirdiorward endA and o1 ingsz'at. the rearr end; of' Said A l hooded endf heine` ad@ planethrough the guidefnand a key adap l to engagethedraw barb-ritt andtoliave its lends operatively', en, fedf with; i d channels guides, .the diA har 'hatt y heingjadapted to permit-,ineer tionot the ,lsey

Ainto place-without,angular displacement ofy l the draw, bar hut-tI rela-ti the yoke. i

A p a', draw barF of ayokefor `drattf gears .hexane-ansupper V2; rvBhe combination w1 h menihen and` a lower 4memberconne-:tedv v.tjo-

gether atytheirlrean ends, and sides connect.-

ing said membersitogethfer at their forward ends, said sides hm 1g longitudinal grooves fonined vtherein withinftheyoke'and extend ing parallel to the Ytropandr hottolnn'iem'bers `sulostaninally midway-r therebetweeng said upper andlowen meinherebeing adaptedto receive theV draw bari buttwhen' they draw bar: butt: is; placed betweenthern; by inoyenientin at' direction sulost-amtiallyY parallel to.' a longitudinalv plane `A`-t-li'ronrli the grooves, and aley adapted'tol he engaged with thefdraw har bott andto'have its ends' .operatively disposed; in said Ygrooves,the

the and vthen withdrawing` the butt, from thehooded ,eCl O the* yolte. 1

entirely dispenses' with the necessity of `emx- "is, placed and vyoke" draw bar but-t ,and yoke being adaptedto permitglnsertion of theley into place witlie out angular displacement of the draw bar butt relative to the yoke.

3, The 'combination with a draw bar, oT". a yolceafor Vdraft gears having an upper member and a lower member, sides connecting` said niernbers at theiry forward Aens, the 'opposed arcesfof sait sides having` chan- 'nel guides Y formed therein5 said channel guides yterminating)T at thein'front ends in shoulders and opening` 'at their rear ends :it

tllielerear ends of s sidesy said n'pperan-'l the. draw l xtween thenifby movement in i .direction substantially parallelyto a long;-

ytndinal plane throughthe guides. and 'a key'adapted to he engaged with the draw har, bnttyandfto have its ends Voperai;irey

l engagedjwitlrsaid channel 1 guidesl the. d r aw 'sa l upper andflower members heilig adapted v to eeeiiethe.drawbar but-t when the draw britt is. placedy between them by` Inove- Inent in a directionl substantially rparallel longitudii'ial plane throngjh the grooves, together with ako-y eanried by ther draw bar butt and'having its-ends disposed in f said `na'ooy'es. the draw bar butt and yoke f being adapted to permit insertion 01"; the key .into4 place without angular displacement of Ithe draw bar butt relative tothe yoke.

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